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Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 05 May 2010 16:56:34 -0400> Brian Bloniarz <bmb@athenacr.com> wrote:> >> dormando wrote:>>>> This sounds like TCP slow start.>>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-start>>>>>>>> As far as tunables you might want to play with the initcwnd route>>>> flag (see "ip route help")>>> Ah, yes, initcwnd was it. I'm well aware of TCP Congestion control / slow>>> start / etc. However I couldn't find the damn tunable for it :)>> Documenting the flag in ip(8) might increase its visibility>> a little. I don't see it documented in the iproute2 git head,>> though it shows up on http://linux.die.net/man/8/ip somehow.>>>> Stephen, do you know why that is?> > No one sent me an official patch to change it?
Mention initcwnd in ip(8). Text taken from doc/ip-cref.tex.
Signed-off-by: Brian Bloniarz <bmb@athenacr.com>
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On Wed, 05 May 2010 21:37:40 -0400
Brian Bloniarz <bmb@athenacr.com> wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:> > On Wed, 05 May 2010 16:56:34 -0400> > Brian Bloniarz <bmb@athenacr.com> wrote:> > > >> dormando wrote:> >>>> This sounds like TCP slow start.> >>>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-start> >>>>> >>>> As far as tunables you might want to play with the initcwnd route> >>>> flag (see "ip route help")> >>> Ah, yes, initcwnd was it. I'm well aware of TCP Congestion control / slow> >>> start / etc. However I couldn't find the damn tunable for it :)> >> Documenting the flag in ip(8) might increase its visibility> >> a little. I don't see it documented in the iproute2 git head,> >> though it shows up on http://linux.die.net/man/8/ip somehow.> >>> >> Stephen, do you know why that is?> > > > No one sent me an official patch to change it?> > Mention initcwnd in ip(8). Text taken from doc/ip-cref.tex.> > Signed-off-by: Brian Bloniarz <bmb@athenacr.com>
Ok, I will add it with an explicit caution about not doing this on public
networks.
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On Wed, 05 May 2010 21:37:40 -0400
Brian Bloniarz <bmb@athenacr.com> wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:> > On Wed, 05 May 2010 16:56:34 -0400> > Brian Bloniarz <bmb@athenacr.com> wrote:> > > >> dormando wrote:> >>>> This sounds like TCP slow start.> >>>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-start> >>>>> >>>> As far as tunables you might want to play with the initcwnd route> >>>> flag (see "ip route help")> >>> Ah, yes, initcwnd was it. I'm well aware of TCP Congestion control / slow> >>> start / etc. However I couldn't find the damn tunable for it :)> >> Documenting the flag in ip(8) might increase its visibility> >> a little. I don't see it documented in the iproute2 git head,> >> though it shows up on http://linux.die.net/man/8/ip somehow.> >>> >> Stephen, do you know why that is?> > > > No one sent me an official patch to change it?> > Mention initcwnd in ip(8). Text taken from doc/ip-cref.tex.
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